"Maturity - realized dependency, admitted poverty, brokenness: life simply isn't working the way we want it to and we can do nothing to change it. We do not have what it takes to secure for ourselves what we want. Amid acknowledged helplessness and vulnerability, the decision not to blunt the pain through denial or com...promise and to repent of any thought that our lives can somehow be restored apart from God's grace is the beginning of rich character."
"In the deepest part of every soul is a hunger that will only be fully satisfied in heaven."
"...we were designed to experience a quality of relationship which is not available in this fallen world."

Enjoyed this book - Larry Crabb's writing is deep and thought-provoking.